Message: "Curious Names" - Behind the Name

Curious Names

by mhavril39 (guest)

6/29/2007, 10:28 PM

I am a new member (yay)

Anyways, I am a frequent player of The Sims 2, and often Maxis (the creators) give premade sims very ... "unique" first names. Here are just a few that made me curious that are not on the database: (alphabetized for gender)

Womens' Names:
~Dariana
~Gilgamisha
~Kana
~La Shawn
~Marylena
~Rainielle
~Tosha
~Vamsi

Mens' Names:
~Jace
~Komei
~Mayhew
~Pao
~Ramin
~Remington
~Talin
~Quinten

Are these given names variants or just made up?

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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)

7/3/2007, 10:53 AM

Mayhew is an English surname from Mahieu, a Norman French form of Matthew, according to A Dictionary of English Surnames by Reaney & Wilson.

Tosha is simply a spelling variation of Tasha.

LaShawn is one of many recently created given names formed by adding the prefix La- to a pre-existing name.

- Ann Graham (guest)

7/3/2007, 7:01 AM

How about the name Anolda? That is my first name and I was always told it was Irish and meant Ann but I can find it no where

- Minikui (guest)

7/1/2007, 11:05 PM

Kana is also a well known japanese name, surprised that it's not listed here yet

- Lissy (GLynElisabeth)

6/30/2007, 10:24 AM

Most are probably variants or fancified names of existing names. Gilgamisha is probably supposed to be a feminine form of Gilgamesh, I think. I've seen Jace, Komei, Quinten and Remington before. Marylena is a fusion of Mary and Lena. I'm quite sure I've seen Dariana before as well, could be a verison of Daria or something like that...

This message was edited 6/30/2007, 10:25 AM

- Summer

6/30/2007, 8:13 AM

Quinten is a variant of Quintus. In the Netherlands the name Quinten is way more usual than Quintus though.

Source: http://www.meertens.nl/voornamen/VNB/index.php?act=zoeken&zoekopdracht=moeilijk&start=0&op=bw&naam=quinten&-Search=

A lot of those other names seem variants of names too, but I don't have more information about that.

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